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November 24th 08, 01:13 PM
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Motherboard Chipset upgrade
Do you mean upgrading the BIOS? The chipset is soldered on the board. You replace the motherboard to replace the chipset? -- SCSIraidGURU Michael A. McKenney 'www.SCSIraidGURU.com' (http://www.SCSIraidGURU.com) 
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November 24th 08, 01:19 PM
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Motherboard Chipset upgrade
Not the bios, I mean the driver of the motherboard's chipset. And I don't replace the motherboard. It's a brand new pc but the motherboard's chipset driver/software is not up to update. Latest version is: * Product: Intel(R) Chipset Device Software * Release: Production Version * Version: 9.0.0.1009 * Target Chipset#: Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset * Date: June 04 2008 Trouble is there are some annoying warnings such as: 7. It is recommended that the Intel(R) Chipset Device Software be installed onto the target system prior to the installation of other drivers. -- cutchips
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November 24th 08, 01:28 PM
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Motherboard Chipset upgrade
Presumably you mean chipset drivers?
Generally, if its working dont fix it  Or look on Asus site to check what the upgrade is supposed to fix or what extra its going to give. And DONT use winupdate for any drivers "cutchips" wrote in message ... I have an Asus P5Q-E running Vista 64. Is upgrading the motherboard chipset worth the risk, generally speaking ? -- cutchips
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November 24th 08, 02:43 PM
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Motherboard Chipset upgrade
It's not a high risk upgrade and is generally worth doing. The 'chipset
drivers' mainly update .inf files used for installing or updating hardware. I've done hundreds of these updates and have never seen a problem. -- "cutchips" wrote in message ... I have an Asus P5Q-E running Vista 64. Is upgrading the motherboard chipset worth the risk, generally speaking ? -- cutchips
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November 24th 08, 08:10 PM
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Motherboard Chipset upgrade
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:43:55 -0500, "GTS" wrote:
It's not a high risk upgrade and is generally worth doing. The 'chipset drivers' mainly update .inf files used for installing or updating hardware. I've done hundreds of these updates and have never seen a problem. And you've probably not seen a difference either. -- Mort D.
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November 24th 08, 08:18 PM
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Motherboard Chipset upgrade
"Mort" wrote in message ... On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:43:55 -0500, "GTS" wrote: It's not a high risk upgrade and is generally worth doing. The 'chipset drivers' mainly update .inf files used for installing or updating hardware. I've done hundreds of these updates and have never seen a problem. And you've probably not seen a difference either. -- Mort D. Not so. It has been the solution to occasional hardware issues.
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November 24th 08, 09:44 PM
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Motherboard Chipset upgrade
I'm afraid it won't help but I have updated everything except chipset driver and bios. And I still get pesky crashes while playing Crying and Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2. I start to suspect the Avira antivirus interfering with those games... -- cutchips
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November 26th 08, 02:33 PM
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Motherboard Chipset upgrade
"cutchips" wrote in message ... I'm afraid it won't help but I have updated everything except chipset driver and bios. And I still get pesky crashes while playing Crying and Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2. I start to suspect the Avira antivirus interfering with those games... There's an easy way to check. Just deactivate the virus checker and rerun the game. See if the situation improves. Tom Lake
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